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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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Secrets of the Deep: What Is the History of the Mary Celeste?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
11 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Gracchi, Part I: Tiberius Gracchus
This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2)...
5 days ago
This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2) Gracchus, the famous Roman reformers of the late second century. There’s actually a fair bit to say about both of them, so we’re going to split this treatment over two weeks,...
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
11 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Open Culture
The Creative Genius of David Lynch (RIP): Discover His Films, Music Videos, Cartoons, Commercials,...
Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented,...
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Image by Sasha Kargaltsev via Wikimedia Commons As every cinephile has by now heard, and lamented, we’ve just lost a great American filmmaker. From Eraserhead to Blue Velvet to Mulholland Drive to Inland Empire, David Lynch’s features will surely continue to bewilder and inspire...
TheCollector
Is the Flood Myth Universal? Flood Myths From Around the World
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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But some things are more connected than others.
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
The Real Bjorn Ironside: Ragnar Lodbrok’s Most Famous Son
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
11 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
4 weeks ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
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Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Trying to Understand...
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
2 weeks ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
Open Culture
Coursera Offers $200 Off of Coursera Plus (Until January 27), Giving You Unlimited Access to Courses...
A new deal to start a new year: Coursera is offering a $200 discount on its annual subscription plan...
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A new deal to start a new year: Coursera is offering a $200 discount on its annual subscription plan called “Coursera Plus.” Normally priced at $399, Coursera Plus (now available for $199) gives you access to 90% of Coursera’s courses, Guided Projects, Specializations, and...
TheCollector
What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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What Is Capoeira?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
TheCollector
HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
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The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
7 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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6 of History’s Biggest Traitors
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
10 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
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They know what they think.
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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7 Women Artists Who Became Works of Art
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
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This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon vs. Russia
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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What Is Panpsychism?
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Archaeologists Discover 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of Pharaoh’s Doctor
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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